CCCWC May competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 28

A clue to IRELAND.
2 comments refer to this clue (from 1 competitor, 1 other)

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Comments on the clue

1.	Perhaps expecting a lot of solver to find (and then manipulate) wire from telegram?
2.	The hyphen linking city-state is unfairly misleading. Three sets of abbreviations prefaced by the middle two letters of a word is excessive.